[linux-audio-user] Recording Fluidsynth playing a MIDI file with ardour

[Cesare Marilungo]

Steve Fosdick wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'd like to be able to play a MIDI file with fluidsynth and have ardour record the output to I can mix other tracks into it.  The two approaches I could think of were:
>
> 1. Have fluidsynth output to a WAV file and import that into ardour.  I haven't been able to do that because I can find a fluidsynth output driver that writes to a file.
>
> 2. Connect the output of fluidsynth to the ardour track with jack.  This is also problematic because I can't use qjackctl to make the connection until fluidsynth is started but I don't seem to be able to start fluidsynth and give it a MIDI file without it starting to play the file immediately so by the time I've made the connections and hit "record" it is half way through.
>
> Does anyone please have ideas how I can do this?
>
> Steve.
>
>
>   
You have to use a program that sync with jack transport. Both Rosegarden 
and Muse can do this, and both come with fluidsynth.

c.

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